Adjustable door buck and trim



P 1953 A. ALVAREZ, JR

ADJUSTABLE DOOR BUCK AND TRIM Filed Oct. 15, 1951 J 4 5 4 1mm INVENTORYZ/b 12.9 o fZmzreZy/i.

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 15, 1953 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a door buck and trim construction adapted tobe mounted along the edge of a door opening, and. more particularly to adoor buck and trim whichmay be quickly and easil installed and isadjustable for varying wall thicknesses, and to expedite buildingconstruction.

The conventional construction for trimming a door opening is quitecostly and time-consuming in that several diflicult Woodworkingoperations are required for installation. The carpenter must first applya'w'ooden door buck to the rough opening, shim it into plumb position,and then nail it to the rough stud opening. The trim must then bemitered on'both sides and then the door step must be secured inposition.

in order to obviate these expensive and timeconsuming woodworkingoperations, it has been proposed to employ a unitary metal membercomprising the several elements of trim sections, door buck, and doorstop; -Howev'er, this metal unit is impractical because of severaldisadvantages. in addition to being expensive, it must be installed byholding it in position and then building the wall into it. Furthermore,the fact that it is necessarily formed of metal precludes its use formany purposes such as home construction where the appearance of wood isnecessary for the trim and wherein wood is deemed the only materialacceptable to the consumer. Also, the metal door buck frequently movesout of position before the wall is built to meet it, thus requiring anadditional time-consuming operation in repositioning it.

The present invention is directed to an adjustable door buck and trimconstruction which obviates the above noted difficulties. Thisconstruction is formed of two members with means for adjustable securingof the members in fixed position with respect to each other so as tochange the size of the trim construction and adapt it to walls ofvarying thicknesses. Furthermore, the trim construction of the presentinvention may be quickly, easily and economically installed in positionon the edges of a door opening with a fraction of the time and effortheretofore necessary in prior art arrangements. The construction is suchthat it may be formed entirely of metal, or if desired, the trimsections may be made of wood and the door stop sections formed of metal,or the entire construction of wood.

Another novel feature of the present invention resides in the adjustablemeans for securing the two members together in any desired one ofseveral selectable relative positions so as to accomplish the functionof adaptability to various wall thicknesses as noted above. In thepreferred embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings anddescribed herein below, this adjustable means comprises alaterally-extending slot in one of the door step sections, an opening inthe other door stop section in alignment with said slot, and aself-threading screw adapted to be threaded into said opening and saidslot so as to fixedly secure the relative positions of the door stopsections and hence also the members of which they are a part.

(l ne of the most important advantages or" the present invention residesin its simplicity of construction, a feature heretofore lacking in theadjustable trim constructions of the prior art.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention are inherent inthe construction as claimed and as described in the specification andshown in the drawings wherein:

Figure l is an elevational View wherein the trim sections are formed ofwood and the door stop sections are or" metal,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a preferred form of theinvention wherein the door step sections are formed of metal and thetrim sections are of wood. This construction comprises two membersindicated generally at d 5- 12. Member ii is provided with a first Woodsection 13 adapted to form a trim along the side at of the wall 45. Asecond wood section it is provided with a channel ill adapted to receivethe inner end id of the trim section 43, the end 28 being securely heldwithin the channel ll. The wood trim section 43 extends inwardly and thesecond wood section fit extends laterally and perpendicularly to thetrim section 43.

The end 49 of the second wood section it is provided with alaterally-extending groove 58 within which is fixedly secured metalflange 5! formed. integral with an inwardly extending metal thirdsection 52. The inner edge 53 of the metal section 5:2 is bent at rightangles so as to form a laterally-extending metal fourth section lit. Theflange 5! may be secured within the groove 5d by nails 55 or othersecuring means.

The second member 12 comprises an inwardlyextending wood trim section 56extending parellel to the trim section 53 and adapted to form a trimalong the side 57 of the wall 45. A second wood section 58 is providedat one end with a channel 59 within which is secured the inner end 60 ofthe trim section 56. The opposite end SI of the second wood section 58is formed with a groove 52 within which is fixedly secured a lateralflange 93 formed integral with a metal third section 84 extendinginwardly and parallel to the metal third section 52. The metal thirdsection 64 is being at right angles at its inner edge 65 to form a metalfourth section 66. The lateral flange 63 may be secured within thegroove 62 by nails 61 or in other ways as will be obvious.

It will be noted that the metal sections 5254 of member M and the metalsections 64-66 of member 42 form a metal door stop when the constructionis in assembled position along the side edge of the wall 45. The metalfourth section 66 of member 42 is provided with a laterally-extendingslot '68 and the metal fourth section 54 of member 4| is provided withan opening 69 in alignment with the slot 68. A self-threading screw isadapted to be threaded into the opening 69 and slot 68, to hold thecomponent parts in fixed related assembly.

It will be understood that the construction described as metal inFigures 1 to 3 could also be made completely in wood simply bytransposing, as shown in Figure 2, the metal section for a wood section.

This invention is also applicable to sliding door arrangements, with nostops.

It is to be understood that the specific embodiments of the inventiondisclosed in the drawings and described in the specification are merelyillustrative of several of the many forms which the invention may takein practice, other modifications being readily apparent to those skilledin the art without departing from the scope of the invention which isdelineated in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An adjustable door buck and trim construction for a door or otheropening, said construction comprising a pair of longitudinal verticalmembers, a first of said members having a first wood portion extendinginwardly and adapted to form a trim for one side of the wall adjacentthe door opening, a second wood portion extending laterally from theinner edge of the first portion and perpendicular thereto, a thirdportion of metal extending inwardly from the second portion and parallelto the first portion, and a fourth metal portion extending laterallyfrom the inner edge of the third portion and integral therewith and inthe same direction as and parallel to the second portion, the second ofsaid members having a first wood section extending inwardly and spacedfrom and parallel to said first portion and adapted to form a trim forthe other side of said wall, a second wood section extending laterallyfrom the inner edge of the first section and towards the first portion,a third section of metal extending inwardly from said second section andparallel to said third portion, and a fourth section integral with saidthird section extending parallel to and in slidable abutting relationagainst said fourth portion of the first member, said third and fourthportions and sections forming a door stop, said members being relativelymovable laterally toward or away from each other to various relativepositions so as to adjust for various wall thicknesses, and selectablemeans for fixedly securing said fourth portion with respect to saidfourth section so as to maintain said members in fixed position withrespect to each other in any selected one of said various relativepositions.

2. A construction as recited in claim 1 wherein said securing meanscomprises said fourth section having a laterally extending slot, saidfourth portion having an opening in alignment with said slot, and aself-threading screw adapted to be threaded into said opening and saidslot.

ALFONSO ALVAREZ, J R.

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